Peltonotus animus Jameson & Wada, 2009

Jameson, Mary & Jakl, Stanislav, 2010, Synopsis of the aroid scarabs in the genus Peltonotus Burmeister (Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Cyclocephalini) from Sumatra and description of a new species, ZooKeys 34 (34), pp. 141-152 : 144

Peltonotus animus Jameson & Wada, 2009

Figs 1, 5, 11, 18a–b, 23

Diagnosis. Peltonotus animus (Fig. 1) is distinguished from other Sumatran species of Peltonotus based on the following characters: apex of metatibia in male with longer spur produced to apex of metatarsomere 2 (shared with P. sisyrus ; spur shorter in P. cybele , P. talangensis , and P. gracilipodus ); mala with setae curled at the apices (Fig. 5) (shared with P. gracilipodus ; not curled in P. cybele , P. talangensis , and P. sisyrus ); protibia bidentate (Fig. 11) (shared with P. gracilipodus and P. sisyrus ; tridentate in P. cybele and P. talangensis ); and form of the male genitalia (Fig. 18a–b). Outside of Sumatra, P. animus shares many character states with P. silvanus Jameson & Wada 2004 from Sarawak and Kalimantan on the island of Borneo (see Jameson and Wada 2009).

Locality records (n=1) ( Fig. 23 ). SUMATRA. West Sumatra Province (1): Bukittinggi.

Temporal data. July (1).

Remarks. Peltonotus animus is known only from the male holotype specimen (housed in WADA).

Figures

Figure 23. Distribution of Peltonotus species in Sumatra.